Netflix Launches FLIXIES AWARDS

Netflix, Inc. launched the first ever Flixies Awards (http://www.theflixies.com ) designed to celebrate the new viewing habits of today’s entertainment watchers. The Flixies are not your average awards show, but rather an online experience that enables fans in the United States, and in the 40 countries around the world where Netflix is offered, to vote for their favorite TV shows and movies on the service in categories they can really relate to.  Netflix experts have grouped the nominated popular streaming titles into humorous award categories that reflect real-life viewing habits – e.g. “Best Tantrum Tamer” (for those with kids), “Best Hangover Cure” (for those on the mend), or “Best Marathon TV Show” (for those who tell themselves “Ok, just one more before bed”).

Voting is open starting today through Sunday, March 10th, and non-Netflix members can also make their voices heard. The top three winners in each Flixies category will be revealed on Monday, March 11th.  To further celebrate trends in new viewing habits, visitors will also be able to write-in new viewing categories based on how they personally watch titles on Netflix for inclusion in future Flixies.

Netflix continues to revolutionize entertainment by giving members control of what, when and where they watch, and The Flixies are another way fans can directly engage with their favorite programming.  Netflix encourages voters to share their picks across their favorite social media pages and campaign for their favorites.

Visit www.theflixies.com or http://www.facebook.com/netflix to participate. A full list of nominees and categories can be found below.

THE FIRST ANNUAL FLIXIES AWARDS NOMINEES

BEST GUILTY PLEASURE

Hoarding: Buried Alive

Cruel Intentions

Buffy the Vampire Slayer

Teen Wolf

Bad Boys 2

The Vampire Diaries

Gossip Girl

Pretty Little Liars

90210

Clueless

Toddlers & Tiaras

Transformers: Dark of the Moon

BEST COMMUTE “SHRTNR”

Louis C.K. Chewed UP

Dreamworks Shrek’s Swamp Stories

Something From Nothing: The Art of Rap

Man Vs. Wild

Portlandia

Weird, True & Freaky

Mythbusters

Shark Week

Punkin Chunkin’

Best Food Ever

Oddities

Wreckreation Nation

 

BEST MARATHON TV SHOW                           

24

Prison Break

Skins (UK)

House of Cards

Breaking Bad

The Killing

Mad Men

The Walking Dead

Revenge

Battlestar Galactica

American Horror Story

Lost

 

BEST HANGOVER CURE

Super 8

Arrested Development

Law & Order: SVU

Ferris Bueller’s Day Off

Family Guy

Happy Gilmore

Archer

Freaks & Geeks

Nacho Libre

The Office (US)

How I Met Your Mother

It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia

 

BEST BROMANCE                                                           

Surviving the Cut

Blue Mountain State

Battle Royale

Snatch

The League

Rescue Me

Top Gear

Act of Valor

Goon

Bad Ass

Warrior

Commando

 

BEST PMS DRAMA

Brothers & Sisters

Breakfast at Tiffany’s

First Wives Club

Sleepless in Seattle

Say Yes to the Dress

Friday Night Lights

Grey’s Anatomy

Gossip Girl

Revenge

Glee

Hart of Dixie

Ghost

BEST TANTRUM TAMER

Transformers Prime

Caillou

Sesame Street

Phineas and Ferb

Dr. Seuss’ The Lorax

Secret of the Wings

Car Toons: Mater’s Tall Tales

Pocahontas

Dreamworks Kung Fu Panda: Awesome Secrets

Curious George

The Avengers: Earth’s Mightiest Heroes

The Muppet Movie